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IN his last letter Mr. Day has certainly proved the correctness of the statement in his book that salmonoid eggs are packed with layers of moss from which they are separated by muslin or other textile fabric. If I had known as much about salmon culture as he, I certainly should not have questioned the statement; it is to be noted that I only questioned and did not deny. If I had been as completely versed in the knowledge of Salmonidæ as Mr. Day, I should have written a book on the subject instead of reviewing his. But the essential point, which Mr. Day seems incapable of appreciating, is this: that there was nothing in the notes on the subject of packing in his book which confirmed the statement in the text; and although my doubts as to the correctness of that statement are removed by his letter, they were perfectly justifiable in a reader of his book. Mr. Day does not apparently suspect that people interested in the subject, including the reviewer, read his book for the sake of gaining information, and not because they already know as much about the subject as himself. All I had to do was to give my impressions of the book as I found it: the fitness of my criticisms is only the more established by the lengthening appendix to his book which Mr. Day is now publishing in your correspondence columns.
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“British and Irish Salmonidæ”. Nature 37, 366 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037366b0
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